Virtual politics : faking democracy in the post-Soviet world / Andrew Wilson.

Author
Wilson, Andrew, 1961- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
1st ed.
Published/​Created
New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2005.
Description
xviii, 332 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

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    "This book uncovers the sophisticated techniques of the 'virtual' political system used to legitimise post-Soviet regimes: entire fake parties, phantom political rivals and 'scarecrow' opponents. And it exposes the paramount role of the mass media in projecting these creations and in falsifying the entire political process."--Jacket.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (p. [274]-318) and index.
    Contents
    • Introduction
    • 'Active measures' : a Russian tradition
    • Politics as virtuality in the post-Soviet world
    • The 'political technologist' : Machiavelli as corporate adviser
    • 'Administrative resources'
    • Politics as theatre : disguising the state holding company
    • How many towers in the Kremlin? the 'many-layered pie'
    • Dishing the opposition
    • Inventing the opposition : Kremlin parties
    • Inventing the opposition : virtual communists
    • Conclusions.
    ISBN
    • 0300095457 ((cl. ; : alk. paper))
    • 9780300095456 ((cl. ; : alk. paper))
    LCCN
    2004029345
    OCLC
    57236118
    International Article Number
    • 9780300095456
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